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Because u.s.
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President Trump contended Tuesday that
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a new migrant caravan leaving one
Douras justifies his demand for
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a wall at the Us Mexico border to keep
them from surging into the United States
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meanwhile the stalemate over funding
for the border wall continues in the
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government remains partially shut down
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham admits his
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efforts to force in the goshi
ations to end the standoff is
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a long shot there's no way to get
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a deal without the president talking to
Democrats and Republicans nobody is going
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to talk serious that with each other's
lungs the government shut down I think but
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if you had a small opportunity a couple
weeks that's the best chance for
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a breakthrough I can't guarantee an
outcome if you give us 3 weights but I've
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pretty well can guarantee you we're going
nowhere quit doing what we're doing about
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800000 federal workers have been furloughed
or ordered to work without pay during
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the impasse is curtailed government services
such as airport security monitoring
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and close some museums and parks China's
Foreign Ministry to say said it was
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strongly dissatisfied after Canadian prime
minister Justin Trudeau accused China of
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arbitrarily sentencing
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a Canadian to death for drug smuggling
orders Michelle Hennessy China's sentencing
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of a Canadian national it's
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a death on Monday has drawn heavy
criticism from Canada Prime Minister just
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intraday blasted Beijing for the conviction
of what Lloyd Schellenberg on drug
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offenses it's dealt
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a further blow to already icy relations
between the 2 sides I will say it is of
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extreme concern to us as
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a government as it should be to all our
international friends and allies that China
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has chosen to begin to arbitrarily
apply death penalty in cases
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facing it as in this case facing
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a Canadian China's Foreign Ministry on
Tuesday hit back at the comment in part of
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it to respect China's suffering to. Russia
and the United States had to say there
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was no progress in talks over
Washington's intention to withdraw from
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a 1987 nuclear arms treaty 3 decade old
Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
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bans production testing and
deployment of land bases is
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a ballistic missile I'm
Tommy McNeil be away.
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Good morning Africa welcome to daybreak
Africa from the front 7 never can James but
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a Washington today is Wednesday January
16th and here are some of the stories we're
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covering 15 people are reportedly dead
and dozens injured following Tuesday's
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terrorist attack on
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a Nairobi hotel. We regret to inform the
today at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon
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. The silence. That you see the
complex in what we suspect
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could be
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a town just up on there is Kenya's police
chief Zimbabwe affair it is Tuesday cut
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Internet and social media access Uganda
Supreme Court hears presidential age limit
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appeal Rwanda's commercial court orders
and rigorous family owned company to pay
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over $600000.00 in back taxes and
preparations are underway in Ivory Coast to
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welcome home former president Lauren
Bible and Charles Blake today.
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Not. Needing.
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A day as the vice president for finance of
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a former president marbles Ivorian
public funds party the u.n.
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Appeal for nearly $300000000.00 to tackle
Meridian refugee crisis and it will
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examine women's role in Guinea-Bissau
politics ahead of March election votes there
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is some so my list goes and I will list
now that they are coming up on Daybreak
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Africa.
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15 people are reportedly dead and dozens
injured following Tuesday's terrorist
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attack on an upscale hotel an office
complex in Kenya's capital Nairobi the al
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Qaeda linked to al Shabaab based in neighboring
Somalia has claimed responsibility
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. Mamma used to file this
report earlier Tuesday. But.
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The attack targeted the do c.
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2 hotel and office complex witnesses say
they had explosions and so firing at
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people inside about 2 hours after the attack
Kenyan Police Chief Joseph pointed at
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Image and spoke to reporters we regret to
inform the today at about 3 o'clock in
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the afternoon feed
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a group feed on silence feed back to
educate complex feed what we suspect
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could be
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a data feed Security and Emergency I was
just pondered quickly through the incident
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and was feeling we continue to look out
of the area I just question is being
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monitored. We have met the question of
feeding the complex field operation
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is still going on as we speak pointed
said Kenyan security agencies are in the
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process of securing the
hotel. Found visions feet.
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Down and found that the complex
considerable progress in continuing
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situation. Remains is up in. The tower
I became an officer point out also
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confirmed there were casualties from the
attack and said some of the gunmen might
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still be holed up inside
the building so man
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a base militant group has claimed
responsibility of the attack Jordan Somalis
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director of the Center for
Risk Management in Africa.
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And. The attack came a day after
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a Kenyan court charged 3 men. And for an
edge aiding the Westgate mall attack in
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2013 that claimed the lives of 67 people
and injured 150 has been involved in
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numerous terrorist attacks in Kenya this
decade including the Westgate Mall last
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hold Monody So for the any news now right
the preparations are underway and I have
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very close to welcome home from the president
live around Bible and Charles blade
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good day after day 2 well acquainted Tuesday
by the International Criminal Court
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i.c.c. For alleged crimes
against humanity of h.
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a Day the vice president for finance of Mr
Bibles Ivorian Popular Front Party says
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the acquittal confirms what supporters
knew all along that Mr Bible and good day
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were innocent he calls them prosecutors
to expedite their release from for the
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detention Che they hope their
Bible case will teach the i.c.c.
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Which she says has always been under the
influence of powerful nations like France
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to intervene only when countries are not
able to resolve their domestic disputes.
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Like. This by the problem.
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Only decided to. Stop or kind
of those who listen only.
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To listen when you say reconciliation
what exactly do you me. Up to now.
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All the time.
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You from prison. Do you
blame and embody the
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years that he has spent the i.c.c.
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. The government.
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Wanted friends.
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In the elections Mr by bullets but he has
contacts the elections does this mean you
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would be ready to participate the future
elections if you will be the decision of
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the. Election the coming
election do you. Get
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rid of. Any kind of election that
country do you have an opinion on this
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i.c.c.
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. International Court to be. Ours
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at the same time. This time. With
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a good decision. The
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. Independence for. The words
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you. Try to resolve problems in
the beginning you know when.
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The. Prosecutor fights to
Bensouda says that the release of
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Mr Bible is suspended until today
Wednesday the people include of law his
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supporters what are you doing
to plan for his return.
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The president again the
other thing is we. Didn't.
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Spend every. Day ready to
welcome them. John Jay vich
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a deal is vice president for finance
of the Popular Front Party from
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a 1st to live around bubble he was speaking
with me from the capital admission
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Zimbabwe authorities Tuesday cut Internet
and social media access amid ongoing
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protests of
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a shop increase in fuel prices believe
Galilei is central committee member of
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Zimbabwe's p.f.
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Party says officials made the right
decision in shutting down social media and
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internet after realizing that some people
were spreading anti-government messages
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on social media platforms like Facebook
Twitter and was up. Because of the
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situation that is preventing at the moment
things up that the government were to
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chip in and put some measures to stop what
is happening right now because as it is
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some people are only now then backing one
doing the things like looting all sort of
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things and these things are creating this
social media and the questioning that
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maybe they encourage other people in other
areas to do the same but indications are
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that the Internet is part of democracy
and in any democracy there is need for
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social media to actually work in certain
ways it appears now as if the president
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a Muslim none of us government sort of like
the president so that's what people are
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saying but you think they are right in
that respect to. The core issue and that's
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why I want to really say government is
the one that provided it in that regard
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we're talking about it is the government
that provides for its people and it is the
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government that now has decided to do
something about it. To try and control the
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situation that is prevailing at the moment
and if things go like this like this I
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think going to give us some problems that
is why the government is now chipping in
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to do something and then people saying
maybe the government of President Robert
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don't cover was much better because it
never shut down the Internet what can you
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say. About that I disagree with saying
God is a government better than
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a Muslim and gathered to remember
if you decide not to give us
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a chance and it is not that you are crying
foul about some government of the idea
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that you created all the problems that
we find ourselves in at the moment so I
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don't think it's quite act right now. The
government is really embarking on an airy
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vibing the economy at the same time that
people have decided to go destroy property
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and be about the Bush strategy it's really
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a pity and it is really. Some of these
things the problem but to government is
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rolling out believe Gol is the central
committee member of Zimbabwe's real design
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of the of party he spoke we get to do
Bellevue's Zimbabwe service today it is
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Wednesday January 16th and you're listening
to daybreak Africa and the Voice of
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America I'm gentle but in Washington they
broke Africa time 60 minutes past the
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hour Uganda Supreme Court Tuesday
began to hear an appeal against the
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constitutional amendment on presidential
limit some members of parliament and
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activist won the court to quash the judgment
of the constitutional court which held
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the minute one seen the opposition leaders
as failure to our know all the amendment
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may lead to a what she calls
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a lifetime presidency Davis broccolis reports
from Kampala in his submission to the
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Supreme Court Tuesday. Told the
court that the parliament back
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in a fight in my dizzy with
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a motion to amend the Constitution but it
is paid there was no proper consultation
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with citizens as
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a quote by the low he also said today Mr
President of the claimant depraved members
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of afraid to bit if you don't comply with
little must be set aside this violence is
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surely committed to people you big people
you got to them and then come back in the
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evening and say that now I'm giving their
lives for my just to bring it here that
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was violence. Soldiers were involved in
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a brawl with some members of parliament
as they forcefully tried to fix them from
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the payment the bill was approved of the
majority of parliamentarians mainly from
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the ruling party the national resistance
movement what they did. Last year
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activists and some members of parliament
the constitutional court and now the
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constitution was not granted. The me of
Kampala who's a presenting premonitions
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a gruesome
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a bit easy he says the move them in the
Constitution was aimed at extending
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president 7 is the rule that your oath was
not passed for the good of the country
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was not passed it would be faithful to
transgression of the rules of procedure
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rules the provisions of divorce which are
by Dispy could the old be dehydrated
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their minted low granted incumbent who be
75 years into the one it tends to contest
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again the current opposed to should seems
to be an impish if people tell you can
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because
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a decision that is that we are put there
have all been removed meaning it actually
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country without it curable
understood book. He small is like
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a fair distance so now the ball is in the
court of the Supreme Court to see how
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that issue can be addressed to get this
country from the brink of collapse if we
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can predict the former leader who
position in Parliament you know that
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parliamentarians those opposed the removal
of term limits now that we are going
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into this already does not wanting to
leave the space when time comes and they
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change goalposts I'm not being
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a prophet of doom but all I can tell you
is that we are going back to the old times
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where anybody who feels must. Be leadership
of the highest office then must use the
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force that was 7 came with 7 should be
ready for that music president 7 came to
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power to go to war fare in 96 the government
at an age and no will to deal with the
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present is a reply to the
case for the news I am
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a gloomy Davis rocket engine come Palla.
Uganda Rwanda has commercial court on
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Tuesday order and regards family premier
tobacco company to pay over $600000.00 in
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back taxes
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a judge ruled and regarding who manages her
family business activities and content
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mismanaged the company and so it was not
able to pay taxes as far back as 22 hours
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as usual we monitor reports from Kigali
Rwanda family says the fine is politically
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motivated and we got to spend at least
15 minutes here in the verdict of
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a theory commish Cote she was the only
defendant in the court to roam the reality
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family has been battling with
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a wind and every Earth already which
accuses the management and shareholders of
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Tobacco Company Ltd b. To c.
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Of mismanagement which the authorities say
resulted in the company failing to pay
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nearly $6000000.00 got in France what about
$6.00 median us dollars in tax areas
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dating back to 22 out of there were even
authorities say is an illegal and other
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p.t.c.
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Manages lied about taxes in the 2017 but
according to one of the gala the verdict
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is a bad decision thank you place
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a verdict of sadness batteries and I
have 30 days from the day or so who will
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appear. To have removed that they
want to live in a 3rd say is it
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a fired arrow suit against
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a primitive the whole company shareholders
because they camp and itself does not
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have anything else to auction this is
after the authority over machinery from
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vigorous family p.t.c.
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For almost $2000000.00 Us dollars
they are 30 or so of more than
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$500000.00 worth of process
and tobacco there we've got
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a family problems even when the
government started around $1215.00 when
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a prominent to businessman
together asked in a poll. Died in
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a car accident his family alledged he was
murdered for and in business ties with
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a rather government and cost currently
out of favor with President Polk
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a Grammy as Knepper gala was known for
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a national of the grander Patrick
front which was then they won
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a ruling party during and after their I
brush in the wall I never got to say that
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party from killing their father they were
the government illegally invaded and took
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over the properties. May get
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a pardon and you don't know what you'd like
to hear watch what I'm looking for the
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matters after the killing of parents now
you are using your nose to take his vote.
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But retarded to sorry the revenue authority
director general said that the actions
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were legal and not politically motivated
president on international praise for
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restoring stability to the
after the genocide in
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a week over one immediately. And politically
moderate ethnic Hutus where kids
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however human rights groups say he has
suppressed potential Democratic opponents.
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For v.o.a.
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Use Kigali Rwanda the un refugee agency
and $35.00 partners as $296000000.00
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is needed this year to provide lifesaving
assistance 234-5000 brandy and refugees
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living in desperate conditions in neighboring
Tanzania Democratic Republic of Congo
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Rwanda and Uganda least Ashlie
reports from u.n. H.c.r.
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Headquarters in Geneva the un refugee
agency reports thousands of Burundians are
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going hungry because pooed rations have
been cut for lack of money he says the
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health of many people is on
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a knife's edge because medicine is in short
supply he says schools are overcrowded
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with many children missing out on an
education he says shelter is inadequate the
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u.n. Aid. C.-r.
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Says Burundian refugees are in dire straits
because the world pays scant attention
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to their plight and responds poorly to
appeals for aid agency spokesman Charlie
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YAXLEY says children who make up more than
half of the refugee population bear the
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brunt of this serious underfunding He says
many children have become separated from
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their families while fleeing from Burundi
He says many are traumatized from the
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violence they have
witnessed he says there is
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a little money to provide them with the
psychological and social care they need
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women and girls are suffering high levels
of sexual and gender based violence and
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exploitation last year food cuts were
implemented in Tanzania the city in Rwanda
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families have been regularly left without
enough food to last until the end of the
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month and this is seen women and girls
resorting to negative coping mechanisms
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including survival sex and forced an early
marriage conditions in the camps are so
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bad he actually says a number of refugees
are opting to go home he tells v.o.a.
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About 57000 Burundians have returned
since the middle of 2017 the security
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situation overall has improved Nevertheless
he says and not bridge of $300.00
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Burundi is
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a month continue to flee the country and
they cite persecution harassment and fear
00:21:51
of attack as as their reasons for fleeing
as also reports from those thing of food
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insecurity as well so we do
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a staged 1st of all continue providing
asylum and open borders to those seeking
00:22:04
international protection the u.n.h.c.r.
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Says it does not believe conditions in
Burundi are currently conducive to promote
00:22:12
returns it adds that nobody now should be
returned to Burundi without his or her
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full and informed consent at
least the shrine for v.o.a.
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News Geneva parliamentary
elections and get
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a set for March this year. This will mark
the 1st time each party is required to
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have touched
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a sick person of the kind it is to be women
one of the backers of the new law and
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also Parliament Member for Development Party
Susie bubbles I spoke to Ricky strike
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about the need for more women Guinea-Bissau
in Guinea-Bissau of government I was
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one of the members of the parliament that
defended this law because that think it's
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just the seen going to be salaried that
women revert present 52 percent of the
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population but unfortunately in the
Parliament we were only about 39.3 percent
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less than 14 percent endorsees that's
the last $0.50 been even worse the
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representation has been around 11 percent
so we decided this we should have
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a lot this would be increased the number
of foreign women in politics in all the
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vote could play something for would be not
only in parliament but also in regional
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governments because of the most
recent elections it being such
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a low percentage has it been difficult to
find women to run for these places or are
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there are
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a bunch of women it's not because the thing
you most let some women thought of them
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in much the way that they are not Modi is
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a discipline specifically because they
realise this most of the political parties
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use them for the campaign but ask them
to make believe they want to put them to
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thank for these loans they will be forced
to have more men and women in the lace
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you touched on something very important I
think women are oftentimes the primary
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mobilizes for these candidates the primary
mobilizes and their communities kind of
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mirror just the idea that women also do
00:24:05
a lot of the labor at the house that that
is maybe not appreciated by that so yeah
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Lynn what kind of resistance did you get
you know it's not easy speaking about the
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liberals for our country maybe Saleem
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a report is that only 25 percent of the
public administration so. That means that
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75 percent of the public serve. This is
made by men which is not fair for me my
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daughters also should be represented in the
public service for your kind of an idea
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something cultural. Cultural barriers that
usually don't allow women to have the
00:24:43
same opportunity things and that's where
the formation of the government cannot
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find the French and they should have
a voice they should be cared for as
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a practice with the pipe that remains outside
the station and how do you think this
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hand getting whole because it's really not
about just getting women but the country
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you know what I think it's been probably
not only out there most of the countries
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that have more women represented in
government being decision positions they have
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better better development policy why women
are more worried about that occasion
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women. How they're more worries about
maternal health so when we have more women
00:25:26
represented in this kind
of a position we also have
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a better. Policy and that's what we're
trying to have now to any law in
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parliament being
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a power of 102 members of parliament only
40 now women it's very difficult to have
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something approved I was. Going to be
silent she was speaking to Ricky from
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briefly before we leave you
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a summary of Africa news 15 people are
reportedly dead and dozens in just following
00:25:56
Tuesday's terrorist attack killed hotel an
office complex capital Nairobi and that
00:26:03
is it for this Wednesday January 16th
edition of daybreak Africa daybreak Africa
00:26:09
team produce
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a nickel back full report this particular
truck has told us force that it has some
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still Molly. In Washington.
00:26:23
Want to relax on why or charge.
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Today is Tuesday January 16th this is
video is international edition I'm Lori
00:27:34
London in Washington coming up
more than a dozen are dead after
00:27:38
a violent terrorist attack in
00:27:40
a posh neighborhood in Nairobi. And the
dust of the shooting I was in the green
00:27:47
uniting what was happening lawmakers
worried about keeping the Russian
00:27:50
investigators intact grill president
Trump's nominee for attorney general on my
00:27:55
watch will be allowed to finish his work
the government of Zimbabwe cuts off
00:28:02
Internet access Also ahead an iconic
American Broadway star dies at the age of
00:28:07
$97.00 is on today's
international edition alone.
00:28:20
Sounds of explosions and
gunfire blasted their way into
00:28:23
a hotel an office complex in an upscale
neighborhood of the Kenyan capital of
00:28:28
Nairobi Tuesday killing at least 15 people
and sending workers diving under desks
00:28:33
to escape an attack claimed by Somali
abased Islamic group Islamist group al
00:28:38
Shabaab authorities sent special forces
into the hotel to flush out the gunmen and
00:28:44
witnesses described the fear and chaos.
00:29:05
At least 15 people as we said
reported killed the u.s.
00:29:09
State Department confirming one of the
victims was American the always Carol van
00:29:13
Dam talks to South Sudan in focus managing
editor John Tanzer who is in Nairobi and
00:29:19
describes the chaotic scene guy how did.
You know what was happening and all of
00:29:25
a sudden with the police car didn't pool
right which is around the area where and I
00:29:31
don't believe the city that the medical
school got on the ground and. So I saw
00:29:36
a lot of police cars and then we started
seeing you know bits and pieces of
00:29:41
commission on the place who
can see that it was in
00:29:43
a dark night when I came to the apartment
medically I switched to the national
00:29:49
broadcaster here that they're going to
Broadcasting Corporation and the shooting
00:29:53
like it's of some of the
park we were following on
00:29:56
a live video feed and it seems like
there was sustained gunfire for quite
00:30:02
a while what we were being told by the
national broadcast places that they can
00:30:07
enter
00:30:08
a car and then one. Next to me and
friends. And some of them were inside the
00:30:15
hotel have so they started exchanging gunfire
in the hotel there but we don't know
00:30:19
who they were shooting because the security
forces were no use I doubt the Kenyan
00:30:23
government will given out the casualty
figures as we speak of now they're still
00:30:28
evacuating people from the building and
the situation is not clear now how do you
00:30:35
know gunshots we're not hearing gunshots
right now have you heard any group or
00:30:39
individual claim responsibility and if so
who is it not at the moment they know all
00:30:43
to show Steadman out no group has claimed
responsibility there are rumors that they
00:30:49
are using. Using a t.v.
00:30:52
Has put a tweet out that
they spoke to them in
00:30:55
a kind of Shabab but it's not clear what
the Kenyan media is saying here the Kenyan
00:30:59
media does not know what is going on and
they're still waiting for an official
00:31:05
statement from the government on the what
is happening some people are speculating
00:31:08
that you know in order for them to get as
far into the hotel as they did this had
00:31:13
to be planned for some time and they had
to have some kind of inside contact they
00:31:18
have you heard anything like that not
inside contact but what happened is one.
00:31:25
People were not able to get in the only
people who cannot find their ways to get
00:31:30
into the place but they can be police
came security services can call them the
00:31:34
police and even behave where they will
tell you they called on the check down the
00:31:39
road and they would be you know about
quitting people from the building the police
00:31:44
officer. Plain clothes officers are
busy trying to evacuate people from the
00:31:49
building but one interesting thing that
happened when the operation was William on
00:31:53
the creation process
was going on there was
00:31:55
a car that will destruct by the road side
and how did an explosion inside it and so
00:32:00
I could see generators being told to
Duck down duck down and then we had an
00:32:05
explosion from that car but will make
sparks up in Broad I can see the bugs from
00:32:09
the. Screen that is streaming live. Just
from there so these loans were happening
00:32:16
underground and they the Kenyan government
seemed to be in control because you can
00:32:21
see
00:32:21
a couple of holding up the building troops
coming special forces on the ground so
00:32:28
there's been little groups of people from
the area describe if you would the hotel
00:32:32
itself in that complex to outsiders who
don't know what that area looks like well
00:32:38
the area is on Riverside Drive in
what is an upscale part of Nairobi
00:32:44
where I expect raids and you know reach
canyons need so these what is housed within
00:32:51
it it's a dangerous area and there is
00:32:53
a. Secret Garden which is frequent You
know experts and people who have you
00:33:00
know buying capital food
in the area but it's
00:33:03
a question area next to Nairobi University
hospitals medical school down south
00:33:09
Sudan in focus managing editor
John Tanzania in Nairobi.
00:33:17
Here's some of the stories we are following
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00:33:21
Envoy in Kabul to advance the
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00:33:25
Ways recognizing wado as Venezuelan president
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00:33:32
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00:33:57
Right 200 into the no use to
the left 400 in the 32 the
00:34:03
news of a bad news have
00:34:06
a. British Prime Minister cheery
Samantha suffered Tuesday the biggest
00:34:10
parliamentary reversal ever handed
00:34:13
a sitting government with lawmakers including
more than $100.00 rebels from her own
00:34:17
ruling Conservative party
refusing to endorse
00:34:20
a highly contentious Breck's it deal still
may remain defiant it is clear that the
00:34:26
House does not support this deal but
tonight's 1st tells us nothing about what it
00:34:31
does support. The government's defeat
plunges into greater disarray Britain's
00:34:37
scheduled March 29th divorce 29 divorce
from the European Union the much
00:34:43
anticipated historic vote
by the House of Commons
00:34:46
a draft deal which took 2 years of ill
tempered haggling with European leaders to
00:34:51
conclude now throws up in the air the
whole Bracks it promise our project with
00:34:56
major questions remaining unanswered about
when Bracks it will exit the you how it
00:35:01
will do so or whether it even still will
analysts say the defeat of May's Bracks
00:35:06
a plan will give further momentum
to a burgeoning campaign for
00:35:10
a 2nd referendum from
those who hope to get
00:35:13
a replay that would reverse the Bracks it
vote of 2016 which narrowly won earlier I
00:35:19
spoke to an McNaughton specialist at
Australian National University College of Law
00:35:24
and Center for European studies. This sort
of plunges the process of wrecks it into
00:35:30
chaos what happens next by Laurie. You
didn't climb to suggest that it's
00:35:37
a mother type Jasiek in the last couple of
years what's going to happen next is as
00:35:44
a result of the fact that the later of that
ita Paddy Jeremy called and type of the
00:35:50
value of my confidence in the covenant
that will be dealt with tomorrow you know
00:35:55
a lot for the code to raise and I and his
government will revise that and I will
00:35:59
continue now under a ration
amendment to use a u.k.
00:36:03
Was for Act 2 reason was required to bring
that I pay if you don't like it to the
00:36:10
parliament in trade in
00:36:11
a way that's going to happen or not remains
to be saying I have no indication that
00:36:17
she actually does have
00:36:18
a plan day or that there is some alternative
approach and certainly there's no
00:36:23
alternative agreement with the e.u.
00:36:26
For withdrawal of of them what was just
rejected by the You Can I comment so what
00:36:32
the situation is now is that between
now and the end as much as the u.k.
00:36:38
Simply gave itself and Bryce's
it so to exit the e.u.
00:36:44
So to no longer be a member of the u.
00:36:46
I think it's 5 minute possibly that only
even the 20 don't watch alternatively to
00:36:52
present some sort of a coherent Why
do you thing we need what has just
00:36:57
a kid in so far as treason
I could to go back to the
00:37:02
a you don't need to ask and Junko job
and cite to them Look we manage it in
00:37:09
fact an orderly exit said we just need
to be more time and possibly the e.u.
00:37:14
Would be willing to do to agree to start
extension Saturday the sorts of options
00:37:20
that are on the title at the minute but
an alternative to the agreement that just
00:37:24
rejected as
00:37:26
a means of managing the. Stroll probably
since you know how much I want it what
00:37:30
they because it would require
a great mix from the e.u.
00:37:34
There's no tentative between the u.k.
00:37:36
And the it took seemingly forever just
to get plan a in place so plan b.
00:37:41
Is seems crazy that they would have
something readily available and it's also
00:37:45
surprising that May is expected
to survive this there's
00:37:50
a lot of talk about revoting and
that it would probably turn out
00:37:54
a lot different but most people there
would vote to stay in the e.u.
00:37:59
Is it a possibility that they could have a
revote Well that raises the question of
00:38:03
a 2nd referendum which has
00:38:05
a lot of support among certain
sections of the you can see
00:38:09
a lot closer to me to raise and
I has rejected the prospect of
00:38:13
a 2nd referendum the
difficulty with having
00:38:16
a 2nd referendum is in fact the very time
on this with the 1st referendum and that
00:38:20
is making full the question that he's
put to the table is structured in such
00:38:26
a way that the people can clearly understand
what it is they voting on and what the
00:38:30
repercussions what the consequences of the
outcome of the referendum would they so
00:38:35
a given they were thinking referendum and
that certainly isn't going to happen
00:38:40
between now and the 29th of March was it
doesn't seem to me that anyone has an
00:38:44
appetite for that
00:38:45
a even if they were taught the difficulty
with that is that unless the question is
00:38:50
phrased very carefully and days sufficient
management of the population in the
00:38:56
sense of explaining going to the 2nd
referendum why that's happening how the
00:39:01
question will be fried what they may divulge
alongside full I'd like all of that
00:39:05
well managed then you know lots of food
that they need because is that the Navy's
00:39:09
now and you know the whole brac said thing
you know with this this trend worldwide
00:39:14
of nationalism it seems like it was sparked
by that and it would be curious to see
00:39:21
if there are 2nd thoughts that it's based
on can grade what it says From this
00:39:26
distance they would. No it's you do have
2nd thoughts that have changed if you
00:39:30
quite clearly there are those
who is still adamant for
00:39:34
a godless adult regardless of any potential
Pinal discomfit that leaving with that
00:39:40
I was full agreement there's still some
absolutely committed to withdrawal in that
00:39:45
disorderly hessian to the
end result is that it's not
00:39:49
a lot to get the majority of people
supporting one position or not that one
00:39:55
interesting point and this is something
I think. I think Donald Tusk is my
00:40:00
disappoint you know very simply but certainly
it's I thought it was thinking about
00:40:05
the u.k.
00:40:06
Parliament has just rejected the withdrawal
agreement which is the process by which
00:40:10
the u.k. Would leave and stop being
00:40:11
a member of the us but they were previously
rejected in just I think last week the
00:40:17
prospect of leaving 9 days now the only
thing you don't shit in this they just
00:40:22
think instead is prevailing at the minute
he's to remain as a member of the e.u.
00:40:27
If the u.k.
00:40:28
Parliament doesn't don't want to leave with
Nudgee and does not want to leave with
00:40:33
this date you'll have
00:40:34
a 20 on the but she's effectively just
around the corner Well the 3rd option
00:40:38
actually is to revive the article 50 ad run
by name but now I'm simply making that
00:40:44
observation as the stage of the play I'm
not saying that that is likely to happen
00:40:49
and nor am I missing overly advocation for
one or other of the positions I'm simply
00:40:54
saying what's on the title of all
right that's an mc not an e.u.
00:40:58
Specialist
00:40:59
a strong international University College
of Law and Center for European studies
00:41:04
u.s.
00:41:05
President Donald Trump's pick for attorney
general William Barr Tuesday pledged to
00:41:10
shield the special counsel's Russia probe
from political pressures and took issue
00:41:14
with Trump's labeling the investigation
and his inner circle contacts with Moscow
00:41:19
as
00:41:19
a witch hunt bar told the Senate Judiciary
Committee at his confirmation hearing to
00:41:24
become America's top law enforcement officer
that he doesn't. Leave Miller would
00:41:28
take part in
00:41:29
a witch hunt and he said he intends to let
the probe run its course and that the
00:41:33
results should be made known to the public
and Congress though he wasn't specific
00:41:38
on how that would be done bar said firing
the special counsel though is highly
00:41:43
unlikely under the under the regulations
but mother could only be terminated for
00:41:50
good cause and I frankly it's unimaginable
to me that Bob would ever do anything
00:41:56
that. Gave rise to good
cause but in theory it's
00:42:02
something happened that was good cause for
me it would actually take more than that
00:42:07
have to be pretty grave in the public
interest would essentially have to compel it
00:42:11
some Democrats are concerned about
that very possibility citing
00:42:15
a memo Barr wrote to the Justice Department
before his nomination in which he
00:42:20
criticized Miller's investigation for
the way it was presumably looking into
00:42:24
whether Trump out obstructed justice Barr
sought to reassure Democrats he will not
00:42:28
be
00:42:28
a loyalist to the president who has appeared
to demand it from law enforcement He also
00:42:34
repeatedly sought to assuage concerns
that he might disturb or up and Special
00:42:39
Counsel Robert Miller's investigation as
it reaches its final stages where the
00:42:44
earlier spoke with Los Angeles based civil
rights attorney Ed Lyman and asked if he
00:42:49
thinks that so far Barr has made his case
to satisfy Democrats concerns that bar
00:42:55
will be independent of the president. He
was asked that issue of the Muller report
00:43:00
and how that would be handled if he does
become the attorney general and one of the
00:43:04
things that was troubling we'd seen
Democratic senators ask about is whether we
00:43:09
would get to actually see the full model
report ourselves or whether it 1st be
00:43:13
filtered through his office if he does
take on the attorney general and there was
00:43:17
a lot of equivocation back and forth when
Senator Blumenthal had asked him those
00:43:21
questions but later Senator Feinstein
hammered away at that and get really specific
00:43:27
and say heck are you going to turn this
over directly to us Will it 1st be still
00:43:31
true through your office and will you
make any edits or changes 1st and he just
00:43:35
said that he would keep the discretion in
his hands to do that at the time you know
00:43:40
that the issues presented
to him so we didn't get
00:43:43
a clear answer whatsoever from about whether
we the public would get to actually
00:43:47
see the full Mallo report it sounded to
me like he was saying it would be his
00:43:52
report on the report well he would have
the authority to release the you know the
00:43:56
report in its entirety if you wanted
to I don't see that there would be
00:44:00
a problem is the loss or is it certain
pending national security risks or any other
00:44:04
issues like that or perhaps there's other
investigations spun off of this one and
00:44:09
you might want to keep certain things from
the public while those run their course
00:44:14
so it sounds to me like you didn't really
win oh do enough yet to win over the
00:44:18
skeptics that there were
00:44:19
a lot of answers that were not really
definitive answers one about the issue of the
00:44:24
ability to indict a president
right now it's not Lall but it's
00:44:28
a rule from the Justice Department that
sitting president cannot be indicted I
00:44:32
heard someone ask why did
00:44:34
a president take the oath of office
office to protect the and defend the
00:44:37
Constitution if he's theoretically above
the law and couldn't be indicted for
00:44:41
committing a crime a lot of the
conjecture we hear about whether
00:44:44
a sitting president can be indicted
and then it's from the Nixon era and
00:44:49
a legal counsel's office of the Department
of Justice back then where they're kind
00:44:53
of issuing an opinion saying hey we don't
think that. President that city should be
00:44:58
indicted because it could interfere with
his duties during office so we see that
00:45:03
and that was repeated joining the Clinton
and Monica Lewinsky scandal as well this
00:45:09
question came up again but there's no
definitive statute or rule of law that
00:45:13
suggests a sitting president cannot be
indicted and not to mention this is just
00:45:18
a Department of Justice policy stated in
00:45:20
a memo from the seventy's and it doesn't
preclude any state government from
00:45:25
indicting the president on criminal charges
whatsoever the likelihood is that the
00:45:30
Republicans have enough votes to get
him confirmed regard less of what the
00:45:33
Democrats do and I think if the Democrats
even if they're not so excited about this
00:45:39
nominee the question might be is what's the
alternative I mean it could be worse it
00:45:44
could be somebody more acrimoniously
opposer somebody it with bringing more
00:45:50
conflict to the situation
but I don't think there is
00:45:53
a really good alternative for the Democrats
regardless it's probably just best to
00:45:58
confirm this person now and move on and
move forward because they're not going to
00:46:01
get anywhere either way and trumps next
nominee would be probably even worse than
00:46:07
this one so I don't see that there's any
easy resolve for Democrats in the Senate
00:46:12
right now it's almost like catch 22 in our
Los Angeles based civil rights attorney
00:46:16
Ed Lyman thanks for your perspective
Zimbabwe's government to shut down Internet
00:46:21
access as violent protests continue to
spread across the country many users are
00:46:27
unable to access Facebook in the popular
Facebook and instant messaging platform
00:46:31
once app Twitter and Instagram have
reported Li also been affected the protests
00:46:38
erupted after President Emerson
manana was. Announcement
00:46:44
of
00:46:45
a 150 percent rise in fuel prices
last Saturday Mongol aguada defended
00:46:52
the decision yesterday at the start of
00:46:54
a 5 nation tour of Puerto
clue designed Xina Vosh
00:46:58
a is in Harare and spoke with via always
Ken Lewis about the Internet shut down.
00:47:05
Or want to shut down we're coming here in
the dark right now the point of telling
00:47:10
let's rock n i mean if you take
00:47:12
a call we're currently in the dark now and
what is happening on the ground right
00:47:16
now with this Internet shutdown Well
the coming of the sort of meant to
00:47:23
be prepaid and I sat down with
Coldplay to. Say to you this is
00:47:30
really coming from the president's
announcement that fuel prices going up that
00:47:35
night but I did not and so people are
protesting are going to start in the High
00:47:40
Court when they can see because. Some
of these should not have inspired this
00:47:46
considering the credit card to pay off
the stairway yesterday now there were
00:47:51
several people killed yesterday when police
and Harare in Bell away all they fired
00:47:57
live ammunition at protesters
is that correct. To go country
00:48:03
before. She talks to you. And the
group that will be acquitted
00:48:11
because it's 6 kids who are older people
wondered from country. How many people
00:48:16
have. A. Good program only
and some of that and what
00:48:23
are people doing now to
try to actually just make
00:48:27
a living since they're not able to get
to work the people are stuck in between
00:48:31
there and the hard stuff if right now.
00:48:39
People say we're staying on.
Well you when when I call
00:48:43
a colleague of mine one comes out and one
going I want to go and we don't want
00:48:48
another violence and I've got
00:48:50
a good job here at the papal conference
at everybody. And you want them to grow
00:48:56
them in the room when I don't go
flying. Out they took any days and all
00:49:03
but now we're going to go you know what I
thought got the president you know that
00:49:08
he sat down and took
00:49:09
a promo in any way people communicate who
are not me and I'm the producer Paul.
00:49:16
Stanley you know Albright and go all drink
like but if they turn on the Internet
00:49:20
when me I'm not
00:49:22
a kid where they follow up it's because
they know one of them down in the coming
00:49:27
really cold approach
to something I thought
00:49:30
a lot of lying on coke up in the cold
could improve fuel prices and I quote
00:49:35
completely right that is
reporter could have been.
00:49:42
Listening to international
edition on v.o.a.
00:49:44
.
00:49:54
Experience the.
00:50:01
Content.
00:50:09
Of
00:50:09
a. Little
00:50:18
straight want to make
sense of the world. Ask
00:50:21
a question. What others
have to say. Politics
00:50:31
. We have
00:50:33
a. Discussion. All the internets.
00:50:42
Not always covered by other media v.o.a.
00:50:45
.
00:50:52
International Edition continues
preliminary numbers from the u.s.
00:50:56
Department of Agriculture suggest that the
population of domesticated us honeybees
00:51:02
is still declining the loss in pollinators
is due in part to the effects of
00:51:06
pesticides but also to natural stressors
like the varroa mite which can infect
00:51:12
Holby colonies to learn more about how
to monitor the health of the hives
00:51:17
researchers and the computer technology
company Oracle are joining forces the ois
00:51:23
Cavaney next reports. On the London
beekeeper John Davey is taking
00:51:30
part in a unique experiment to
gather information from b.s.
00:51:33
All over the world and we have to cable to
while one is connected to probe which is
00:51:39
reading the inside the hard one is can read
the temperature inside the hot critical
00:51:45
throughout the seas the other probes monitor
the sounds of the hive and send all
00:51:49
that information into
00:51:50
a giant cloud computing system designed
by the technology company Oracle the
00:51:55
companies working with the
British nonprofit world
00:51:58
b project run by Sabean Maalik to make sure
these insects continue to pollinate the
00:52:02
food we eat and base has been made
we. Very often most of us forget to
00:52:09
make so be not don't exist no need
to make conning bays pollinate
00:52:16
and without pollination we cannot produce
food it's as simple as that all of the
00:52:22
information gathered by the sensors is
analyzed by artificial intelligence in order
00:52:27
to learn how to identify healthy and
unhealthy hives John Abell is with Oracle we
00:52:33
can login mapping data road
data pollution data the
00:52:39
industrial park where Aha exult. We can
see the relationship to our r.l.y.
00:52:45
To
00:52:45
a river all of these gives an indication
of the whole ability to be sufficient and
00:52:51
how for in the context of an area but
they'd have from one hive won't provide
00:52:56
enough information for analysis
so Oracle wants to create
00:52:59
a giant network of plug in hives that way
the system can compare them and learn
00:53:04
even more about maintaining healthy colonies
because we're using an open connection
00:53:10
anybody to connect impulses data and as
more multiple voices come connected we get
00:53:16
more streams of data we need billions
of drugs to make self-sufficient by
00:53:21
self-sufficient able envisions
a system that gives beekeepers
00:53:24
a warning when things aren't right in their
hives and provides data for researchers
00:53:29
to determine where b.
00:53:30
Colonies are most likely to thrive and
thriving beehives means more food they could
00:53:36
cite the title that we got and
understand how they can build
00:53:39
a biodiversity ecosystem that allows better
pollination to meet I create new food
00:53:46
at their own cultural or neighborhood
or even the well the be monitors are
00:53:50
relatively cheap able says inviting
beekeepers who want to hook their hives up to
00:53:54
the system to just get in
touch Kevin Enoch's the news.
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You know not to believe.
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Your field or in your still. Still.
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Strong I feel Broadway will deem its
lights Tuesday night to honor musical
00:54:51
comedy legend Carol Channing who died
Tuesday in California at the age of 97
00:54:58
Channing was
00:54:58
a lanky. Musical comedy star with big
eyes in the raspy voice she delighted
00:55:05
American audiences over 5000 performances
as the scheming Dolly Levy in Hello
00:55:11
Dolly on Broadway and beyond besides
Dolly Hello Dolly Channing started other
00:55:17
Broadway shows but none with equal magnetism
she often appeared on television and
00:55:23
in nightclubs for time partnering
with George Burns in Las Vegas and
00:55:28
a national tour her outsized personality
seemed too much for the screen and she
00:55:34
made only
00:55:34
a few movies notably the 1st traveling sales
lady with Ginger Rogers and Thoroughly
00:55:40
Modern Millie with Julie Andrews as.
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I. Have been listening to
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find us any time at v.o.a.
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I'm Laurie London in Washington ever
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since the break down. Below or
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I went away from the light
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to my very soon to
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a. But I'll bet out back. To
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street. To. Borrow will be bluer. Than the
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pole of. The
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end.
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For
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a. Plane simulate stand. Cold
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wind chill. This is the
way news I'm Tommy make
00:57:26
me British prime minister Theresa may
suffer to see the biggest parliamentary
00:57:30
reversal ever and the sitting government
with lawmakers including more than 100
00:57:36
rebels from her own ruling the
Conservative party refusing to endorse
00:57:40
a highly contentious Bragg's
00:57:42
a deal we get more from Reuters Matthew
Laura Tondo no use having the no use having
00:57:48
the prime minister it was
widely expected that the draft
00:57:52
a divorce settlement between the u.k.
00:57:54
Government and European Union over brags
it would be rejected by the British
00:57:58
parliament. And that's what happened on
00:58:02
a grand scale and prime minister
Theresa May met it with
00:58:06
a bold move inviting
her opposition to call
00:58:09
a no confidence vote on her own government
in other words she's dared them to try
00:58:15
and get her fired the government has hurt
has heard what the House has said tonight
00:58:21
but I ask members on all sides of the
house to listen to the British people who
00:58:26
want this issue sector. To work with
the government to do just that.
00:58:34
And the Labor Party accepted the challenge
the votes on Wednesday and that's
00:58:39
Reuters Matthew lever Tunder reporting
the Islamic extremist group Al-Shabaab
00:58:43
claims responsibility
for Tuesday's attack on
00:58:46
a hotel was lovely but. I doubt I'm
going to know the attack targeted they
00:58:53
do seem to hotel and office complex witnesses
say they had explosions and so firing
00:59:00
at people on site about 2 hours after the
attack Kenyan Police Chief Joseph going
00:59:05
at Image and spoke to reporters we regret
to inform that today at about 3 o'clock
00:59:11
and often on. A group of unknown I'm
to silence. The fact that you see
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a complex what we suspect. Could be
00:59:22
a terror attack nads video ways Muhammad
use every porting this is the way news
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president comes nominee for u.s.
Attorney General William Barr.
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Because u.s.
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President Trump contended Tuesday that
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a new migrant caravan leaving one
Douras justifies his demand for
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a wall at the Us Mexico border to keep
them from surging into the United States
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meanwhile the stalemate over funding
for the border wall continues in the
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government remains partially shut down
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham admits his
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efforts to force in the goshi
ations to end the standoff is
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a long shot there's no way to get
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a deal without the president talking to
Democrats and Republicans nobody is going
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to talk serious that with each other's
lungs the government shut down I think but
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if you had a small opportunity a couple
weeks that's the best chance for
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a breakthrough I can't guarantee an
outcome if you give us 3 weights but I've
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pretty well can guarantee you we're going
nowhere quit doing what we're doing about
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800000 federal workers have been furloughed
or ordered to work without pay during
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the impasse is curtailed government services
such as airport security monitoring
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and close some museums and parks China's
Foreign Ministry to say said it was
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strongly dissatisfied after Canadian prime
minister Justin Trudeau accused China of
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arbitrarily sentencing
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a Canadian to death for drug smuggling
orders Michelle Hennessy China's sentencing
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of a Canadian national it's
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a death on Monday has drawn heavy
criticism from Canada Prime Minister just
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intraday blasted Beijing for the conviction
of what Lloyd Schellenberg on drug
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offenses it's dealt
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a further blow to already icy relations
between the 2 sides I will say it is of
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extreme concern to us as
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a government as it should be to all our
international friends and allies that China
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has chosen to begin to arbitrarily
apply death penalty in cases
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facing it as in this case facing
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a Canadian China's Foreign Ministry on
Tuesday hit back at the comment in part of
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it to respect China's suffering to. Russia
and the United States had to say there
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was no progress in talks over
Washington's intention to withdraw from
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a 1987 nuclear arms treaty 3 decade old
Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
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bans production testing and
deployment of land bases is
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a ballistic missile I'm
Tommy McNeil be away.
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Good morning Africa welcome to daybreak
Africa from the front 7 never can James but
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a Washington today is Wednesday January
16th and here are some of the stories we're
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covering 15 people are reportedly dead
and dozens injured following Tuesday's
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terrorist attack on
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a Nairobi hotel. We regret to inform the
today at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon
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. The silence. That you see the
complex in what we suspect
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could be
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a town just up on there is Kenya's police
chief Zimbabwe affair it is Tuesday cut
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Internet and social media access Uganda
Supreme Court hears presidential age limit
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appeal Rwanda's commercial court orders
and rigorous family owned company to pay
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over $600000.00 in back taxes and
preparations are underway in Ivory Coast to
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welcome home former president Lauren
Bible and Charles Blake today.
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Not. Needing.
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A day as the vice president for finance of
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a former president marbles Ivorian
public funds party the u.n.
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Appeal for nearly $300000000.00 to tackle
Meridian refugee crisis and it will
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examine women's role in Guinea-Bissau
politics ahead of March election votes there
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is some so my list goes and I will list
now that they are coming up on Daybreak
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Africa.
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15 people are reportedly dead and dozens
injured following Tuesday's terrorist
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attack on an upscale hotel an office
complex in Kenya's capital Nairobi the al
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Qaeda linked to al Shabaab based in neighboring
Somalia has claimed responsibility
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. Mamma used to file this
report earlier Tuesday. But.
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The attack targeted the do c.
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2 hotel and office complex witnesses say
they had explosions and so firing at
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people inside about 2 hours after the attack
Kenyan Police Chief Joseph pointed at
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Image and spoke to reporters we regret to
inform the today at about 3 o'clock in
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the afternoon feed
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a group feed on silence feed back to
educate complex feed what we suspect
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could be
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a data feed Security and Emergency I was
just pondered quickly through the incident
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and was feeling we continue to look out
of the area I just question is being
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monitored. We have met the question of
feeding the complex field operation
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is still going on as we speak pointed
said Kenyan security agencies are in the
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process of securing the
hotel. Found visions feet.
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Down and found that the complex
considerable progress in continuing
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situation. Remains is up in. The tower
I became an officer point out also
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confirmed there were casualties from the
attack and said some of the gunmen might
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still be holed up inside
the building so man
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a base militant group has claimed
responsibility of the attack Jordan Somalis
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director of the Center for
Risk Management in Africa.
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And. The attack came a day after
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a Kenyan court charged 3 men. And for an
edge aiding the Westgate mall attack in
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2013 that claimed the lives of 67 people
and injured 150 has been involved in
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numerous terrorist attacks in Kenya this
decade including the Westgate Mall last
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hold Monody So for the any news now right
the preparations are underway and I have
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very close to welcome home from the president
live around Bible and Charles blade
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good day after day 2 well acquainted Tuesday
by the International Criminal Court
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i.c.c. For alleged crimes
against humanity of h.
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a Day the vice president for finance of Mr
Bibles Ivorian Popular Front Party says
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the acquittal confirms what supporters
knew all along that Mr Bible and good day
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were innocent he calls them prosecutors
to expedite their release from for the
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detention Che they hope their
Bible case will teach the i.c.c.
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Which she says has always been under the
influence of powerful nations like France
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to intervene only when countries are not
able to resolve their domestic disputes.
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Like. This by the problem.
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Only decided to. Stop or kind
of those who listen only.
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To listen when you say reconciliation
what exactly do you me. Up to now.
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All the time.
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You from prison. Do you
blame and embody the
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years that he has spent the i.c.c.
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. The government.
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Wanted friends.
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In the elections Mr by bullets but he has
contacts the elections does this mean you
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would be ready to participate the future
elections if you will be the decision of
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the. Election the coming
election do you. Get
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rid of. Any kind of election that
country do you have an opinion on this
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i.c.c.
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. International Court to be. Ours
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at the same time. This time. With
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a good decision. The
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. Independence for. The words
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you. Try to resolve problems in
the beginning you know when.
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The. Prosecutor fights to
Bensouda says that the release of
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Mr Bible is suspended until today
Wednesday the people include of law his
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supporters what are you doing
to plan for his return.
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The president again the
other thing is we. Didn't.
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Spend every. Day ready to
welcome them. John Jay vich
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a deal is vice president for finance
of the Popular Front Party from
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a 1st to live around bubble he was speaking
with me from the capital admission
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Zimbabwe authorities Tuesday cut Internet
and social media access amid ongoing
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protests of
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a shop increase in fuel prices believe
Galilei is central committee member of
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Zimbabwe's p.f.
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Party says officials made the right
decision in shutting down social media and
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internet after realizing that some people
were spreading anti-government messages
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on social media platforms like Facebook
Twitter and was up. Because of the
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situation that is preventing at the moment
things up that the government were to
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chip in and put some measures to stop what
is happening right now because as it is
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some people are only now then backing one
doing the things like looting all sort of
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things and these things are creating this
social media and the questioning that
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maybe they encourage other people in other
areas to do the same but indications are
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that the Internet is part of democracy
and in any democracy there is need for
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social media to actually work in certain
ways it appears now as if the president
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a Muslim none of us government sort of like
the president so that's what people are
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saying but you think they are right in
that respect to. The core issue and that's
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why I want to really say government is
the one that provided it in that regard
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we're talking about it is the government
that provides for its people and it is the
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government that now has decided to do
something about it. To try and control the
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situation that is prevailing at the moment
and if things go like this like this I
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think going to give us some problems that
is why the government is now chipping in
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to do something and then people saying
maybe the government of President Robert
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don't cover was much better because it
never shut down the Internet what can you
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say. About that I disagree with saying
God is a government better than
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a Muslim and gathered to remember
if you decide not to give us
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a chance and it is not that you are crying
foul about some government of the idea
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that you created all the problems that
we find ourselves in at the moment so I
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don't think it's quite act right now. The
government is really embarking on an airy
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vibing the economy at the same time that
people have decided to go destroy property
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and be about the Bush strategy it's really
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a pity and it is really. Some of these
things the problem but to government is
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rolling out believe Gol is the central
committee member of Zimbabwe's real design
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of the of party he spoke we get to do
Bellevue's Zimbabwe service today it is
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Wednesday January 16th and you're listening
to daybreak Africa and the Voice of
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America I'm gentle but in Washington they
broke Africa time 60 minutes past the
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hour Uganda Supreme Court Tuesday
began to hear an appeal against the
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constitutional amendment on presidential
limit some members of parliament and
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activist won the court to quash the judgment
of the constitutional court which held
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the minute one seen the opposition leaders
as failure to our know all the amendment
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may lead to a what she calls
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a lifetime presidency Davis broccolis reports
from Kampala in his submission to the
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Supreme Court Tuesday. Told the
court that the parliament back
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in a fight in my dizzy with
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a motion to amend the Constitution but it
is paid there was no proper consultation
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with citizens as
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a quote by the low he also said today Mr
President of the claimant depraved members
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of afraid to bit if you don't comply with
little must be set aside this violence is
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surely committed to people you big people
you got to them and then come back in the
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evening and say that now I'm giving their
lives for my just to bring it here that
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was violence. Soldiers were involved in
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a brawl with some members of parliament
as they forcefully tried to fix them from
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the payment the bill was approved of the
majority of parliamentarians mainly from
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the ruling party the national resistance
movement what they did. Last year
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activists and some members of parliament
the constitutional court and now the
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constitution was not granted. The me of
Kampala who's a presenting premonitions
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a gruesome
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a bit easy he says the move them in the
Constitution was aimed at extending
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president 7 is the rule that your oath was
not passed for the good of the country
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was not passed it would be faithful to
transgression of the rules of procedure
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rules the provisions of divorce which are
by Dispy could the old be dehydrated
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their minted low granted incumbent who be
75 years into the one it tends to contest
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again the current opposed to should seems
to be an impish if people tell you can
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because
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a decision that is that we are put there
have all been removed meaning it actually
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country without it curable
understood book. He small is like
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a fair distance so now the ball is in the
court of the Supreme Court to see how
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that issue can be addressed to get this
country from the brink of collapse if we
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can predict the former leader who
position in Parliament you know that
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parliamentarians those opposed the removal
of term limits now that we are going
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into this already does not wanting to
leave the space when time comes and they
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change goalposts I'm not being
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a prophet of doom but all I can tell you
is that we are going back to the old times
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where anybody who feels must. Be leadership
of the highest office then must use the
00:16:07
force that was 7 came with 7 should be
ready for that music president 7 came to
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power to go to war fare in 96 the government
at an age and no will to deal with the
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present is a reply to the
case for the news I am
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a gloomy Davis rocket engine come Palla.
Uganda Rwanda has commercial court on
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Tuesday order and regards family premier
tobacco company to pay over $600000.00 in
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back taxes
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a judge ruled and regarding who manages her
family business activities and content
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mismanaged the company and so it was not
able to pay taxes as far back as 22 hours
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as usual we monitor reports from Kigali
Rwanda family says the fine is politically
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motivated and we got to spend at least
15 minutes here in the verdict of
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a theory commish Cote she was the only
defendant in the court to roam the reality
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family has been battling with
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a wind and every Earth already which
accuses the management and shareholders of
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Tobacco Company Ltd b. To c.
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Of mismanagement which the authorities say
resulted in the company failing to pay
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nearly $6000000.00 got in France what about
$6.00 median us dollars in tax areas
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dating back to 22 out of there were even
authorities say is an illegal and other
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p.t.c.
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Manages lied about taxes in the 2017 but
according to one of the gala the verdict
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is a bad decision thank you place
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a verdict of sadness batteries and I
have 30 days from the day or so who will
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appear. To have removed that they
want to live in a 3rd say is it
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a fired arrow suit against
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a primitive the whole company shareholders
because they camp and itself does not
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have anything else to auction this is
after the authority over machinery from
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vigorous family p.t.c.
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For almost $2000000.00 Us dollars
they are 30 or so of more than
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$500000.00 worth of process
and tobacco there we've got
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a family problems even when the
government started around $1215.00 when
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a prominent to businessman
together asked in a poll. Died in
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a car accident his family alledged he was
murdered for and in business ties with
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a rather government and cost currently
out of favor with President Polk
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a Grammy as Knepper gala was known for
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a national of the grander Patrick
front which was then they won
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a ruling party during and after their I
brush in the wall I never got to say that
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party from killing their father they were
the government illegally invaded and took
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over the properties. May get
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a pardon and you don't know what you'd like
to hear watch what I'm looking for the
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matters after the killing of parents now
you are using your nose to take his vote.
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But retarded to sorry the revenue authority
director general said that the actions
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were legal and not politically motivated
president on international praise for
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restoring stability to the
after the genocide in
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a week over one immediately. And politically
moderate ethnic Hutus where kids
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however human rights groups say he has
suppressed potential Democratic opponents.
00:19:39
For v.o.a.
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Use Kigali Rwanda the un refugee agency
and $35.00 partners as $296000000.00
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is needed this year to provide lifesaving
assistance 234-5000 brandy and refugees
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living in desperate conditions in neighboring
Tanzania Democratic Republic of Congo
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Rwanda and Uganda least Ashlie
reports from u.n. H.c.r.
00:20:04
Headquarters in Geneva the un refugee
agency reports thousands of Burundians are
00:20:09
going hungry because pooed rations have
been cut for lack of money he says the
00:20:14
health of many people is on
00:20:16
a knife's edge because medicine is in short
supply he says schools are overcrowded
00:20:21
with many children missing out on an
education he says shelter is inadequate the
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u.n. Aid. C.-r.
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Says Burundian refugees are in dire straits
because the world pays scant attention
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to their plight and responds poorly to
appeals for aid agency spokesman Charlie
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YAXLEY says children who make up more than
half of the refugee population bear the
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brunt of this serious underfunding He says
many children have become separated from
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their families while fleeing from Burundi
He says many are traumatized from the
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violence they have
witnessed he says there is
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a little money to provide them with the
psychological and social care they need
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women and girls are suffering high levels
of sexual and gender based violence and
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exploitation last year food cuts were
implemented in Tanzania the city in Rwanda
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families have been regularly left without
enough food to last until the end of the
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month and this is seen women and girls
resorting to negative coping mechanisms
00:21:20
including survival sex and forced an early
marriage conditions in the camps are so
00:21:25
bad he actually says a number of refugees
are opting to go home he tells v.o.a.
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About 57000 Burundians have returned
since the middle of 2017 the security
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situation overall has improved Nevertheless
he says and not bridge of $300.00
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Burundi is
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a month continue to flee the country and
they cite persecution harassment and fear
00:21:51
of attack as as their reasons for fleeing
as also reports from those thing of food
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insecurity as well so we do
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a staged 1st of all continue providing
asylum and open borders to those seeking
00:22:04
international protection the u.n.h.c.r.
00:22:07
Says it does not believe conditions in
Burundi are currently conducive to promote
00:22:12
returns it adds that nobody now should be
returned to Burundi without his or her
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full and informed consent at
least the shrine for v.o.a.
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News Geneva parliamentary
elections and get
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a set for March this year. This will mark
the 1st time each party is required to
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have touched
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a sick person of the kind it is to be women
one of the backers of the new law and
00:22:36
also Parliament Member for Development Party
Susie bubbles I spoke to Ricky strike
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about the need for more women Guinea-Bissau
in Guinea-Bissau of government I was
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one of the members of the parliament that
defended this law because that think it's
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just the seen going to be salaried that
women revert present 52 percent of the
00:22:56
population but unfortunately in the
Parliament we were only about 39.3 percent
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less than 14 percent endorsees that's
the last $0.50 been even worse the
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representation has been around 11 percent
so we decided this we should have
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a lot this would be increased the number
of foreign women in politics in all the
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vote could play something for would be not
only in parliament but also in regional
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governments because of the most
recent elections it being such
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a low percentage has it been difficult to
find women to run for these places or are
00:23:34
there are
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a bunch of women it's not because the thing
you most let some women thought of them
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in much the way that they are not Modi is
00:23:41
a discipline specifically because they
realise this most of the political parties
00:23:45
use them for the campaign but ask them
to make believe they want to put them to
00:23:50
thank for these loans they will be forced
to have more men and women in the lace
00:23:54
you touched on something very important I
think women are oftentimes the primary
00:23:59
mobilizes for these candidates the primary
mobilizes and their communities kind of
00:24:03
mirror just the idea that women also do
00:24:05
a lot of the labor at the house that that
is maybe not appreciated by that so yeah
00:24:11
Lynn what kind of resistance did you get
you know it's not easy speaking about the
00:24:16
liberals for our country maybe Saleem
00:24:18
a report is that only 25 percent of the
public administration so. That means that
00:24:25
75 percent of the public serve. This is
made by men which is not fair for me my
00:24:31
daughters also should be represented in the
public service for your kind of an idea
00:24:36
something cultural. Cultural barriers that
usually don't allow women to have the
00:24:43
same opportunity things and that's where
the formation of the government cannot
00:24:48
find the French and they should have
a voice they should be cared for as
00:24:53
a practice with the pipe that remains outside
the station and how do you think this
00:24:58
hand getting whole because it's really not
about just getting women but the country
00:25:04
you know what I think it's been probably
not only out there most of the countries
00:25:08
that have more women represented in
government being decision positions they have
00:25:14
better better development policy why women
are more worried about that occasion
00:25:19
women. How they're more worries about
maternal health so when we have more women
00:25:26
represented in this kind
of a position we also have
00:25:29
a better. Policy and that's what we're
trying to have now to any law in
00:25:35
parliament being
00:25:37
a power of 102 members of parliament only
40 now women it's very difficult to have
00:25:43
something approved I was. Going to be
silent she was speaking to Ricky from
00:25:50
briefly before we leave you
00:25:52
a summary of Africa news 15 people are
reportedly dead and dozens in just following
00:25:56
Tuesday's terrorist attack killed hotel an
office complex capital Nairobi and that
00:26:03
is it for this Wednesday January 16th
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00:26:23
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Today is Tuesday January 16th this is
video is international edition I'm Lori
00:27:34
London in Washington coming up
more than a dozen are dead after
00:27:38
a violent terrorist attack in
00:27:40
a posh neighborhood in Nairobi. And the
dust of the shooting I was in the green
00:27:47
uniting what was happening lawmakers
worried about keeping the Russian
00:27:50
investigators intact grill president
Trump's nominee for attorney general on my
00:27:55
watch will be allowed to finish his work
the government of Zimbabwe cuts off
00:28:02
Internet access Also ahead an iconic
American Broadway star dies at the age of
00:28:07
$97.00 is on today's
international edition alone.
00:28:20
Sounds of explosions and
gunfire blasted their way into
00:28:23
a hotel an office complex in an upscale
neighborhood of the Kenyan capital of
00:28:28
Nairobi Tuesday killing at least 15 people
and sending workers diving under desks
00:28:33
to escape an attack claimed by Somali
abased Islamic group Islamist group al
00:28:38
Shabaab authorities sent special forces
into the hotel to flush out the gunmen and
00:28:44
witnesses described the fear and chaos.
00:29:05
At least 15 people as we said
reported killed the u.s.
00:29:09
State Department confirming one of the
victims was American the always Carol van
00:29:13
Dam talks to South Sudan in focus managing
editor John Tanzer who is in Nairobi and
00:29:19
describes the chaotic scene guy how did.
You know what was happening and all of
00:29:25
a sudden with the police car didn't pool
right which is around the area where and I
00:29:31
don't believe the city that the medical
school got on the ground and. So I saw
00:29:36
a lot of police cars and then we started
seeing you know bits and pieces of
00:29:41
commission on the place who
can see that it was in
00:29:43
a dark night when I came to the apartment
medically I switched to the national
00:29:49
broadcaster here that they're going to
Broadcasting Corporation and the shooting
00:29:53
like it's of some of the
park we were following on
00:29:56
a live video feed and it seems like
there was sustained gunfire for quite
00:30:02
a while what we were being told by the
national broadcast places that they can
00:30:07
enter
00:30:08
a car and then one. Next to me and
friends. And some of them were inside the
00:30:15
hotel have so they started exchanging gunfire
in the hotel there but we don't know
00:30:19
who they were shooting because the security
forces were no use I doubt the Kenyan
00:30:23
government will given out the casualty
figures as we speak of now they're still
00:30:28
evacuating people from the building and
the situation is not clear now how do you
00:30:35
know gunshots we're not hearing gunshots
right now have you heard any group or
00:30:39
individual claim responsibility and if so
who is it not at the moment they know all
00:30:43
to show Steadman out no group has claimed
responsibility there are rumors that they
00:30:49
are using. Using a t.v.
00:30:52
Has put a tweet out that
they spoke to them in
00:30:55
a kind of Shabab but it's not clear what
the Kenyan media is saying here the Kenyan
00:30:59
media does not know what is going on and
they're still waiting for an official
00:31:05
statement from the government on the what
is happening some people are speculating
00:31:08
that you know in order for them to get as
far into the hotel as they did this had
00:31:13
to be planned for some time and they had
to have some kind of inside contact they
00:31:18
have you heard anything like that not
inside contact but what happened is one.
00:31:25
People were not able to get in the only
people who cannot find their ways to get
00:31:30
into the place but they can be police
came security services can call them the
00:31:34
police and even behave where they will
tell you they called on the check down the
00:31:39
road and they would be you know about
quitting people from the building the police
00:31:44
officer. Plain clothes officers are
busy trying to evacuate people from the
00:31:49
building but one interesting thing that
happened when the operation was William on
00:31:53
the creation process
was going on there was
00:31:55
a car that will destruct by the road side
and how did an explosion inside it and so
00:32:00
I could see generators being told to
Duck down duck down and then we had an
00:32:05
explosion from that car but will make
sparks up in Broad I can see the bugs from
00:32:09
the. Screen that is streaming live. Just
from there so these loans were happening
00:32:16
underground and they the Kenyan government
seemed to be in control because you can
00:32:21
see
00:32:21
a couple of holding up the building troops
coming special forces on the ground so
00:32:28
there's been little groups of people from
the area describe if you would the hotel
00:32:32
itself in that complex to outsiders who
don't know what that area looks like well
00:32:38
the area is on Riverside Drive in
what is an upscale part of Nairobi
00:32:44
where I expect raids and you know reach
canyons need so these what is housed within
00:32:51
it it's a dangerous area and there is
00:32:53
a. Secret Garden which is frequent You
know experts and people who have you
00:33:00
know buying capital food
in the area but it's
00:33:03
a question area next to Nairobi University
hospitals medical school down south
00:33:09
Sudan in focus managing editor
John Tanzania in Nairobi.
00:33:17
Here's some of the stories we are following
interviewing News dot com The u.s.
00:33:21
Envoy in Kabul to advance the
Afghan peace efforts u.s.
00:33:25
Ways recognizing wado as Venezuelan president
Russian the USA no progress in talks
00:33:32
over the 1987 arms treaty and why
classrooms resemble Arcade's find expanded
00:33:38
coverage of these stories and more at feeling
News dot com and on our Valium mobile
00:33:43
app this is international edition.
00:33:57
Right 200 into the no use to
the left 400 in the 32 the
00:34:03
news of a bad news have
00:34:06
a. British Prime Minister cheery
Samantha suffered Tuesday the biggest
00:34:10
parliamentary reversal ever handed
00:34:13
a sitting government with lawmakers including
more than $100.00 rebels from her own
00:34:17
ruling Conservative party
refusing to endorse
00:34:20
a highly contentious Breck's it deal still
may remain defiant it is clear that the
00:34:26
House does not support this deal but
tonight's 1st tells us nothing about what it
00:34:31
does support. The government's defeat
plunges into greater disarray Britain's
00:34:37
scheduled March 29th divorce 29 divorce
from the European Union the much
00:34:43
anticipated historic vote
by the House of Commons
00:34:46
a draft deal which took 2 years of ill
tempered haggling with European leaders to
00:34:51
conclude now throws up in the air the
whole Bracks it promise our project with
00:34:56
major questions remaining unanswered about
when Bracks it will exit the you how it
00:35:01
will do so or whether it even still will
analysts say the defeat of May's Bracks
00:35:06
a plan will give further momentum
to a burgeoning campaign for
00:35:10
a 2nd referendum from
those who hope to get
00:35:13
a replay that would reverse the Bracks it
vote of 2016 which narrowly won earlier I
00:35:19
spoke to an McNaughton specialist at
Australian National University College of Law
00:35:24
and Center for European studies. This sort
of plunges the process of wrecks it into
00:35:30
chaos what happens next by Laurie. You
didn't climb to suggest that it's
00:35:37
a mother type Jasiek in the last couple of
years what's going to happen next is as
00:35:44
a result of the fact that the later of that
ita Paddy Jeremy called and type of the
00:35:50
value of my confidence in the covenant
that will be dealt with tomorrow you know
00:35:55
a lot for the code to raise and I and his
government will revise that and I will
00:35:59
continue now under a ration
amendment to use a u.k.
00:36:03
Was for Act 2 reason was required to bring
that I pay if you don't like it to the
00:36:10
parliament in trade in
00:36:11
a way that's going to happen or not remains
to be saying I have no indication that
00:36:17
she actually does have
00:36:18
a plan day or that there is some alternative
approach and certainly there's no
00:36:23
alternative agreement with the e.u.
00:36:26
For withdrawal of of them what was just
rejected by the You Can I comment so what
00:36:32
the situation is now is that between
now and the end as much as the u.k.
00:36:38
Simply gave itself and Bryce's
it so to exit the e.u.
00:36:44
So to no longer be a member of the u.
00:36:46
I think it's 5 minute possibly that only
even the 20 don't watch alternatively to
00:36:52
present some sort of a coherent Why
do you thing we need what has just
00:36:57
a kid in so far as treason
I could to go back to the
00:37:02
a you don't need to ask and Junko job
and cite to them Look we manage it in
00:37:09
fact an orderly exit said we just need
to be more time and possibly the e.u.
00:37:14
Would be willing to do to agree to start
extension Saturday the sorts of options
00:37:20
that are on the title at the minute but
an alternative to the agreement that just
00:37:24
rejected as
00:37:26
a means of managing the. Stroll probably
since you know how much I want it what
00:37:30
they because it would require
a great mix from the e.u.
00:37:34
There's no tentative between the u.k.
00:37:36
And the it took seemingly forever just
to get plan a in place so plan b.
00:37:41
Is seems crazy that they would have
something readily available and it's also
00:37:45
surprising that May is expected
to survive this there's
00:37:50
a lot of talk about revoting and
that it would probably turn out
00:37:54
a lot different but most people there
would vote to stay in the e.u.
00:37:59
Is it a possibility that they could have a
revote Well that raises the question of
00:38:03
a 2nd referendum which has
00:38:05
a lot of support among certain
sections of the you can see
00:38:09
a lot closer to me to raise and
I has rejected the prospect of
00:38:13
a 2nd referendum the
difficulty with having
00:38:16
a 2nd referendum is in fact the very time
on this with the 1st referendum and that
00:38:20
is making full the question that he's
put to the table is structured in such
00:38:26
a way that the people can clearly understand
what it is they voting on and what the
00:38:30
repercussions what the consequences of the
outcome of the referendum would they so
00:38:35
a given they were thinking referendum and
that certainly isn't going to happen
00:38:40
between now and the 29th of March was it
doesn't seem to me that anyone has an
00:38:44
appetite for that
00:38:45
a even if they were taught the difficulty
with that is that unless the question is
00:38:50
phrased very carefully and days sufficient
management of the population in the
00:38:56
sense of explaining going to the 2nd
referendum why that's happening how the
00:39:01
question will be fried what they may divulge
alongside full I'd like all of that
00:39:05
well managed then you know lots of food
that they need because is that the Navy's
00:39:09
now and you know the whole brac said thing
you know with this this trend worldwide
00:39:14
of nationalism it seems like it was sparked
by that and it would be curious to see
00:39:21
if there are 2nd thoughts that it's based
on can grade what it says From this
00:39:26
distance they would. No it's you do have
2nd thoughts that have changed if you
00:39:30
quite clearly there are those
who is still adamant for
00:39:34
a godless adult regardless of any potential
Pinal discomfit that leaving with that
00:39:40
I was full agreement there's still some
absolutely committed to withdrawal in that
00:39:45
disorderly hessian to the
end result is that it's not
00:39:49
a lot to get the majority of people
supporting one position or not that one
00:39:55
interesting point and this is something
I think. I think Donald Tusk is my
00:40:00
disappoint you know very simply but certainly
it's I thought it was thinking about
00:40:05
the u.k.
00:40:06
Parliament has just rejected the withdrawal
agreement which is the process by which
00:40:10
the u.k. Would leave and stop being
00:40:11
a member of the us but they were previously
rejected in just I think last week the
00:40:17
prospect of leaving 9 days now the only
thing you don't shit in this they just
00:40:22
think instead is prevailing at the minute
he's to remain as a member of the e.u.
00:40:27
If the u.k.
00:40:28
Parliament doesn't don't want to leave with
Nudgee and does not want to leave with
00:40:33
this date you'll have
00:40:34
a 20 on the but she's effectively just
around the corner Well the 3rd option
00:40:38
actually is to revive the article 50 ad run
by name but now I'm simply making that
00:40:44
observation as the stage of the play I'm
not saying that that is likely to happen
00:40:49
and nor am I missing overly advocation for
one or other of the positions I'm simply
00:40:54
saying what's on the title of all
right that's an mc not an e.u.
00:40:58
Specialist
00:40:59
a strong international University College
of Law and Center for European studies
00:41:04
u.s.
00:41:05
President Donald Trump's pick for attorney
general William Barr Tuesday pledged to
00:41:10
shield the special counsel's Russia probe
from political pressures and took issue
00:41:14
with Trump's labeling the investigation
and his inner circle contacts with Moscow
00:41:19
as
00:41:19
a witch hunt bar told the Senate Judiciary
Committee at his confirmation hearing to
00:41:24
become America's top law enforcement officer
that he doesn't. Leave Miller would
00:41:28
take part in
00:41:29
a witch hunt and he said he intends to let
the probe run its course and that the
00:41:33
results should be made known to the public
and Congress though he wasn't specific
00:41:38
on how that would be done bar said firing
the special counsel though is highly
00:41:43
unlikely under the under the regulations
but mother could only be terminated for
00:41:50
good cause and I frankly it's unimaginable
to me that Bob would ever do anything
00:41:56
that. Gave rise to good
cause but in theory it's
00:42:02
something happened that was good cause for
me it would actually take more than that
00:42:07
have to be pretty grave in the public
interest would essentially have to compel it
00:42:11
some Democrats are concerned about
that very possibility citing
00:42:15
a memo Barr wrote to the Justice Department
before his nomination in which he
00:42:20
criticized Miller's investigation for
the way it was presumably looking into
00:42:24
whether Trump out obstructed justice Barr
sought to reassure Democrats he will not
00:42:28
be
00:42:28
a loyalist to the president who has appeared
to demand it from law enforcement He also
00:42:34
repeatedly sought to assuage concerns
that he might disturb or up and Special
00:42:39
Counsel Robert Miller's investigation as
it reaches its final stages where the
00:42:44
earlier spoke with Los Angeles based civil
rights attorney Ed Lyman and asked if he
00:42:49
thinks that so far Barr has made his case
to satisfy Democrats concerns that bar
00:42:55
will be independent of the president. He
was asked that issue of the Muller report
00:43:00
and how that would be handled if he does
become the attorney general and one of the
00:43:04
things that was troubling we'd seen
Democratic senators ask about is whether we
00:43:09
would get to actually see the full model
report ourselves or whether it 1st be
00:43:13
filtered through his office if he does
take on the attorney general and there was
00:43:17
a lot of equivocation back and forth when
Senator Blumenthal had asked him those
00:43:21
questions but later Senator Feinstein
hammered away at that and get really specific
00:43:27
and say heck are you going to turn this
over directly to us Will it 1st be still
00:43:31
true through your office and will you
make any edits or changes 1st and he just
00:43:35
said that he would keep the discretion in
his hands to do that at the time you know
00:43:40
that the issues presented
to him so we didn't get
00:43:43
a clear answer whatsoever from about whether
we the public would get to actually
00:43:47
see the full Mallo report it sounded to
me like he was saying it would be his
00:43:52
report on the report well he would have
the authority to release the you know the
00:43:56
report in its entirety if you wanted
to I don't see that there would be
00:44:00
a problem is the loss or is it certain
pending national security risks or any other
00:44:04
issues like that or perhaps there's other
investigations spun off of this one and
00:44:09
you might want to keep certain things from
the public while those run their course
00:44:14
so it sounds to me like you didn't really
win oh do enough yet to win over the
00:44:18
skeptics that there were
00:44:19
a lot of answers that were not really
definitive answers one about the issue of the
00:44:24
ability to indict a president
right now it's not Lall but it's
00:44:28
a rule from the Justice Department that
sitting president cannot be indicted I
00:44:32
heard someone ask why did
00:44:34
a president take the oath of office
office to protect the and defend the
00:44:37
Constitution if he's theoretically above
the law and couldn't be indicted for
00:44:41
committing a crime a lot of the
conjecture we hear about whether
00:44:44
a sitting president can be indicted
and then it's from the Nixon era and
00:44:49
a legal counsel's office of the Department
of Justice back then where they're kind
00:44:53
of issuing an opinion saying hey we don't
think that. President that city should be
00:44:58
indicted because it could interfere with
his duties during office so we see that
00:45:03
and that was repeated joining the Clinton
and Monica Lewinsky scandal as well this
00:45:09
question came up again but there's no
definitive statute or rule of law that
00:45:13
suggests a sitting president cannot be
indicted and not to mention this is just
00:45:18
a Department of Justice policy stated in
00:45:20
a memo from the seventy's and it doesn't
preclude any state government from
00:45:25
indicting the president on criminal charges
whatsoever the likelihood is that the
00:45:30
Republicans have enough votes to get
him confirmed regard less of what the
00:45:33
Democrats do and I think if the Democrats
even if they're not so excited about this
00:45:39
nominee the question might be is what's the
alternative I mean it could be worse it
00:45:44
could be somebody more acrimoniously
opposer somebody it with bringing more
00:45:50
conflict to the situation
but I don't think there is
00:45:53
a really good alternative for the Democrats
regardless it's probably just best to
00:45:58
confirm this person now and move on and
move forward because they're not going to
00:46:01
get anywhere either way and trumps next
nominee would be probably even worse than
00:46:07
this one so I don't see that there's any
easy resolve for Democrats in the Senate
00:46:12
right now it's almost like catch 22 in our
Los Angeles based civil rights attorney
00:46:16
Ed Lyman thanks for your perspective
Zimbabwe's government to shut down Internet
00:46:21
access as violent protests continue to
spread across the country many users are
00:46:27
unable to access Facebook in the popular
Facebook and instant messaging platform
00:46:31
once app Twitter and Instagram have
reported Li also been affected the protests
00:46:38
erupted after President Emerson
manana was. Announcement
00:46:44
of
00:46:45
a 150 percent rise in fuel prices
last Saturday Mongol aguada defended
00:46:52
the decision yesterday at the start of
00:46:54
a 5 nation tour of Puerto
clue designed Xina Vosh
00:46:58
a is in Harare and spoke with via always
Ken Lewis about the Internet shut down.
00:47:05
Or want to shut down we're coming here in
the dark right now the point of telling
00:47:10
let's rock n i mean if you take
00:47:12
a call we're currently in the dark now and
what is happening on the ground right
00:47:16
now with this Internet shutdown Well
the coming of the sort of meant to
00:47:23
be prepaid and I sat down with
Coldplay to. Say to you this is
00:47:30
really coming from the president's
announcement that fuel prices going up that
00:47:35
night but I did not and so people are
protesting are going to start in the High
00:47:40
Court when they can see because. Some
of these should not have inspired this
00:47:46
considering the credit card to pay off
the stairway yesterday now there were
00:47:51
several people killed yesterday when police
and Harare in Bell away all they fired
00:47:57
live ammunition at protesters
is that correct. To go country
00:48:03
before. She talks to you. And the
group that will be acquitted
00:48:11
because it's 6 kids who are older people
wondered from country. How many people
00:48:16
have. A. Good program only
and some of that and what
00:48:23
are people doing now to
try to actually just make
00:48:27
a living since they're not able to get
to work the people are stuck in between
00:48:31
there and the hard stuff if right now.
00:48:39
People say we're staying on.
Well you when when I call
00:48:43
a colleague of mine one comes out and one
going I want to go and we don't want
00:48:48
another violence and I've got
00:48:50
a good job here at the papal conference
at everybody. And you want them to grow
00:48:56
them in the room when I don't go
flying. Out they took any days and all
00:49:03
but now we're going to go you know what I
thought got the president you know that
00:49:08
he sat down and took
00:49:09
a promo in any way people communicate who
are not me and I'm the producer Paul.
00:49:16
Stanley you know Albright and go all drink
like but if they turn on the Internet
00:49:20
when me I'm not
00:49:22
a kid where they follow up it's because
they know one of them down in the coming
00:49:27
really cold approach
to something I thought
00:49:30
a lot of lying on coke up in the cold
could improve fuel prices and I quote
00:49:35
completely right that is
reporter could have been.
00:49:42
Listening to international
edition on v.o.a.
00:49:44
.
00:49:54
Experience the.
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Content.
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Of
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a. Little
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straight want to make
sense of the world. Ask
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a question. What others
have to say. Politics
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a. Discussion. All the internets.
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Not always covered by other media v.o.a.
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.
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International Edition continues
preliminary numbers from the u.s.
00:50:56
Department of Agriculture suggest that the
population of domesticated us honeybees
00:51:02
is still declining the loss in pollinators
is due in part to the effects of
00:51:06
pesticides but also to natural stressors
like the varroa mite which can infect
00:51:12
Holby colonies to learn more about how
to monitor the health of the hives
00:51:17
researchers and the computer technology
company Oracle are joining forces the ois
00:51:23
Cavaney next reports. On the London
beekeeper John Davey is taking
00:51:30
part in a unique experiment to
gather information from b.s.
00:51:33
All over the world and we have to cable to
while one is connected to probe which is
00:51:39
reading the inside the hard one is can read
the temperature inside the hot critical
00:51:45
throughout the seas the other probes monitor
the sounds of the hive and send all
00:51:49
that information into
00:51:50
a giant cloud computing system designed
by the technology company Oracle the
00:51:55
companies working with the
British nonprofit world
00:51:58
b project run by Sabean Maalik to make sure
these insects continue to pollinate the
00:52:02
food we eat and base has been made
we. Very often most of us forget to
00:52:09
make so be not don't exist no need
to make conning bays pollinate
00:52:16
and without pollination we cannot produce
food it's as simple as that all of the
00:52:22
information gathered by the sensors is
analyzed by artificial intelligence in order
00:52:27
to learn how to identify healthy and
unhealthy hives John Abell is with Oracle we
00:52:33
can login mapping data road
data pollution data the
00:52:39
industrial park where Aha exult. We can
see the relationship to our r.l.y.
00:52:45
To
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a river all of these gives an indication
of the whole ability to be sufficient and
00:52:51
how for in the context of an area but
they'd have from one hive won't provide
00:52:56
enough information for analysis
so Oracle wants to create
00:52:59
a giant network of plug in hives that way
the system can compare them and learn
00:53:04
even more about maintaining healthy colonies
because we're using an open connection
00:53:10
anybody to connect impulses data and as
more multiple voices come connected we get
00:53:16
more streams of data we need billions
of drugs to make self-sufficient by
00:53:21
self-sufficient able envisions
a system that gives beekeepers
00:53:24
a warning when things aren't right in their
hives and provides data for researchers
00:53:29
to determine where b.
00:53:30
Colonies are most likely to thrive and
thriving beehives means more food they could
00:53:36
cite the title that we got and
understand how they can build
00:53:39
a biodiversity ecosystem that allows better
pollination to meet I create new food
00:53:46
at their own cultural or neighborhood
or even the well the be monitors are
00:53:50
relatively cheap able says inviting
beekeepers who want to hook their hives up to
00:53:54
the system to just get in
touch Kevin Enoch's the news.
00:54:23
You know not to believe.
00:54:30
You are. In.
00:54:38
Your field or in your still. Still.
00:54:44
Strong I feel Broadway will deem its
lights Tuesday night to honor musical
00:54:51
comedy legend Carol Channing who died
Tuesday in California at the age of 97
00:54:58
Channing was
00:54:58
a lanky. Musical comedy star with big
eyes in the raspy voice she delighted
00:55:05
American audiences over 5000 performances
as the scheming Dolly Levy in Hello
00:55:11
Dolly on Broadway and beyond besides
Dolly Hello Dolly Channing started other
00:55:17
Broadway shows but none with equal magnetism
she often appeared on television and
00:55:23
in nightclubs for time partnering
with George Burns in Las Vegas and
00:55:28
a national tour her outsized personality
seemed too much for the screen and she
00:55:34
made only
00:55:34
a few movies notably the 1st traveling sales
lady with Ginger Rogers and Thoroughly
00:55:40
Modern Millie with Julie Andrews as.
00:55:53
I. Have been listening to
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News dot com We thank you fairy much for
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I'm Laurie London in Washington ever
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since the break down. Below or
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I went away from the light
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to my very soon to
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a. But I'll bet out back. To
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street. To. Borrow will be bluer. Than the
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pole of. The
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end.
00:57:12
For
00:57:12
a. Plane simulate stand. Cold
00:57:19
wind chill. This is the
way news I'm Tommy make
00:57:26
me British prime minister Theresa may
suffer to see the biggest parliamentary
00:57:30
reversal ever and the sitting government
with lawmakers including more than 100
00:57:36
rebels from her own ruling the
Conservative party refusing to endorse
00:57:40
a highly contentious Bragg's
00:57:42
a deal we get more from Reuters Matthew
Laura Tondo no use having the no use having
00:57:48
the prime minister it was
widely expected that the draft
00:57:52
a divorce settlement between the u.k.
00:57:54
Government and European Union over brags
it would be rejected by the British
00:57:58
parliament. And that's what happened on
00:58:02
a grand scale and prime minister
Theresa May met it with
00:58:06
a bold move inviting
her opposition to call
00:58:09
a no confidence vote on her own government
in other words she's dared them to try
00:58:15
and get her fired the government has hurt
has heard what the House has said tonight
00:58:21
but I ask members on all sides of the
house to listen to the British people who
00:58:26
want this issue sector. To work with
the government to do just that.
00:58:34
And the Labor Party accepted the challenge
the votes on Wednesday and that's
00:58:39
Reuters Matthew lever Tunder reporting
the Islamic extremist group Al-Shabaab
00:58:43
claims responsibility
for Tuesday's attack on
00:58:46
a hotel was lovely but. I doubt I'm
going to know the attack targeted they
00:58:53
do seem to hotel and office complex witnesses
say they had explosions and so firing
00:59:00
at people on site about 2 hours after the
attack Kenyan Police Chief Joseph going
00:59:05
at Image and spoke to reporters we regret
to inform that today at about 3 o'clock
00:59:11
and often on. A group of unknown I'm
to silence. The fact that you see
00:59:18
a complex what we suspect. Could be
00:59:22
a terror attack nads video ways Muhammad
use every porting this is the way news
00:59:27
president comes nominee for u.s.
Attorney General William Barr.
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